Across
- 3. the "gods" of the Japanese religion
- 6. the head of the Church in the West
- 7. the homeland of the Vikings (Norway, Denmark, Sweden
- 8. the Germanic peoples that created what we know as England
- 11. the often mounted warrior of Medieval Europe
- 13. the native religion of Japan...harmony with nature
- 14. the warrior "knights" of Japan
- 16. the landowning political system that dominated Medieval Europe...land for work...land for service
- 18. the Germanic peoples that settled what is now France
Down
- 1. the Scandinavian warriors that terrorized Europe in the Dark Ages
- 2. the Frankish Emperor that centralized and Christianized much of Western and Central Europe
- 4. these centers served as training grounds for Christian missionaries...preserved knowledge
- 5. the first 500 years of the Medieval Period following the collapse of Rome
- 9. the way the Vikings were able to go a Viking :-)
- 10. landless peasant farmer...tied to the land
- 12. the famous "Irish" missionary that spread Christianity to that island in the late Roman period
- 15. the epic poem of the Germanic peoples of England
- 17. warrior that serves a greater lord
